AFRICAN COMPREHENSIVE HIVAIDS PARTNERSHIPS INC

PROJECT ACTIVITIES ENDED. THE AGREEMENT WAS AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, ALL VEHICLES WILL BE TANSFERRED TO THE MINISTRY

ACHAP IS A NOMINATED PRINCIPAL RECIPIENT OF THE GLOBAL FUND FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BOTSWANA HIV/TB GRANTS FOR THE PERIOD 2016 TO 2018. AS THE PR, ACHAP IMPLEMENTED AND COORDINATED THE DELIVERY OF ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES, MADE DISBURSEMENTS REQUESTS TO GF AND DISBURSED FUNDS TO SRS, MONITORING OF GRANT ACTIVITIES AND REPORTING ON GRANT PERFORMANCE PROGRESS TO THE COUNTRY COORDINATING MECHANISM (CCM) AND THE GLOBAL FUND. ACHAP IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HARMONISING GRANT ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY

IN JULY 2015 ACHAP WAS AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT BY THE US GOVERNMENT THROUGH CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT VOLUNTARY MALE MEDICAL CIRCUMCISION AS A BIOMEDICAL PREVENTION TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE HIV INCIDENCE IN BOTSWANA. THE SUPPORT IN THIS PROJECT COVERS DIRECT SERVICE DELIVERY INCLUDING REMUNERATION COSTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION STAFF, TRAVEL COSTS INCURRED TAKING SERVICES TO BATSWANA, PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT ETC.

ACHAP WAS AWARD A SUB-AWARD BY WITS DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE DIVISION, A DIVISION OF WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD TO UNDERTAKE COMMUNITY SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN BOTSWANA, LESOTHO, NAMIBIA, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE, TANZANIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SWAZILAND, ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE. THIS FUNDING SUPPORTED ACHAP TO IMPLEMENT HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER INITIATIVES. CIVIL SOCIETY CAPACITY WAS BUILT IN SELECT CSOS OPERATING IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS A HIGH DENSITY OF KEY POPULATIONS. CSOS WERE ALSO SCALED WITH THE REQUISITE ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY (HUMAN RESOURCES, PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS, OPERATIONS, PLANNING) AS WELL AS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER ISSUES THROUGH TRAINING AND MATERIAL SUPPORT.